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Numerical Analysis of Crash Impact Test for External Auxiliary Fuel Tank of Rotorcraft

회전익항공기용 외부 보조연료탱크 충돌충격시험 수치해석

  • Received : 2016.11.28
  • Accepted : 2017.03.10
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

The crashworthiness of the fuel tank of a rotorcraft is verified through the crash impact test. The crash impact test has a high risk of failure due to the application of an excessive load, which can seriously affect the overall development schedule of the aircraft. Therefore, a lot of effort has been made to minimize the possibility of failure in the actual test by carrying out a numerical analysis of the crash impact test of the fuel tank in the initial design stage. Recently, an external auxiliary fuel tank was added to increase the cruising distance. In this study, the numerical analysis results of the crash impact test based on several different shapes of the external auxiliary fuel tank are presented, in order to evaluate its crashworthiness. For the numerical analysis, smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), which is one of the fluid-structure coupled analysis methods, is applied and the test conditions prescribed by US military standards are reflected in the analysis conditions. In addition, the material property data previously obtained by the specimen test of the actual fuel tank is applied to the numerical analysis. As a result, the equivalent stress of the fuel tank material itself and the metal fitting is provided and the possibility of acquiring data for designing the crash-worthiness of the external auxiliary fuel tank is evaluated by examining the behavior and working load of the internal mounted components.

회전익항공기용 연료탱크의 중요한 성능 중의 하나인 내충격성능은 충돌충격시험을 통해 검증된다. 충돌충격시험은 작용하는 하중이 매우 높기 때문에 실패 위험이 큰 시험인데, 만약, 연료탱크가 내충격 요구조건을 불만족하게 되면 항공기 전체 개발 일정에 심각한 차질을 줄 수 있다. 따라서, 초기 설계단계부터 연료탱크 충돌충격시험에 대한 수치해석을 수행하여 실물시험에서의 실패 가능성을 최소화 하려는 노력이 수행되어 왔다. 최근, 국내개발 회전익항공기의 항속거리를 증가시키기 위한 목적으로 외부 보조연료탱크 개발이 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 해당 외부 보조연료탱크의 내충격 성능의 검토를 위해 현재까지 진행되어 온 충돌충격시험에 대한 수치해석 결과를 제시하였다. 수치해석 방법으로는 유체-구조 연성해석 방법인 입자법을 적용하였고, 미군사규격에서 규정하고 있는 시험조건을 해석조건으로 반영하였다. 또한, 실물 연료탱크 소재의 시편시험을 통해 기 확보된 바 있는 물성데이타를 수치해석에 적용하였다. 그 결과로 연료탱크 외피 및 피팅 부위의 등가응력을 계산하고 내부 장착품의 거동과 작용 하중을 분석함으로써 외부 보조연료탱크의 내충격성 설계를 위한 데이터 확보 가능성을 확인하였다.

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